noun
Meaning 1
brucellosis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Bang's disease
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noun
Meaning 2
an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brucellosis, contagious abortion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease
History
Etymology
Named after Danish veterinarian Bernhard Bang, who isolated the related bacillus in 1897.